Financial Controlling Intern at SwissBorg (Europe)
SwissBorg· Europe·
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SwissBorg is building the future of crypto wealth management, making investing more accessible, transparent and intuitive for everyone. At the core of our platform is the Meta-Exchange (MEX). This smart routing engine connects multiple exchanges and liquidity sources to deliver optimal execution in a single, seamless app.
We're Swiss-engineered, regulated, and trusted by nearly one million users managing over $1B in crypto assets. But beyond the numbers, what drives us is the people behind every wallet and a commitment to continuously improving how they experience and interact with crypto.
Join us!
We are looking for a Controlling Intern to join our Finance team for a one-year, fully remote internship. You will work closely with the team on budgeting, reporting and financial analysis, and gain hands-on experience of how finance supports decision-making in a fast-growing, regulated crypto company.
You will:
- Support the monthly financial consolidation: prepare and reconcile inputs and check that figures tie out.
- Review and approve expense requests against policy and budget, flagging anomalies and following up with requesters.
- Track actuals against budget, keep reporting up to date and highlight variances to the team.
- Run cost analyses and deep dives on specific spend areas, turning the numbers into clear findings and recommendations.
- Take a special focus on HR controlling (headcount, payroll and people-related costs) and software spend (licences, subscriptions and vendor costs).
- Control credit card expenses
- Help improve controlling processes along the way.
About you:
- Comfortable with numbers and spreadsheets, and at ease drawing conclusions from data.
- Meticulous: you catch the small discrepancy before it becomes a big one.
- Proactive: you take initiative, ask questions and propose solutions
- Eager to learn and open to feedback.
- Fluent in English; previous experience in finance, accounting or controlling is a plus but not required.
- Curious about AI and automation tools.
- Must have an interest in crypto
- Currently studying, or about to complete, a degree in economics, finance, business or a related field
Why SwissBorg:
🪙 Annual BORG bonus
⏰ Genuine remote and flexible working
🏖 25 days annual leave plus local bank holidays
📚 Learning and development budget
💻 MacBook and home office budget
✈ Team and company-wide retreats
📱 SwissBorg Premium account
💰 VSOP share options
🤗 BORG welcome bonus
🔍You can learn more about us here and follow us on LinkedIn and X for company updates and check out our weekly Pow Wows!
🤖 A note on AI in our hiring process We use AI tools at certain stages of our hiring process to help assess applications fairly and efficiently. These tools assist—they don't decide. Every hiring decision is made by a human.
At SwissBorg, we embrace diversity. We strongly believe that getting the best outcome requires different perspectives and backgrounds. We’re committed to openness, curiosity and creating an inclusive culture because we know that diverse teams build better products and generate better ideas. We strongly encourage applications from everyone!
Why work at SwissBorg
- Culture & Mission: Very strong mission-driven culture focused on "democratising wealth" and "financial freedom." Employees are generally passionate about crypto and fintech disruption.
- Remote-First Environment: They operate a "remote-first" policy, hiring across the majority of European countries. You can choose to work from their offices in Lausanne or Tallinn, or work fully remotely from home.
- Flexibility & Perks:
- Flexible working environment (you choose where you are most effective).
- 25 days holiday plus local bank holidays.
- Learning & Development budget for personal growth.
- BORG Annual Bonus (paid in the company's native token).
- Free Diamond Rank for employees (effectively gives you the highest tier of trading benefits and cashback for free).
- Diversity & Inclusion: The company explicitly states a goal of being a "truly inclusive environment" and employs people from "25+ different nationalities."
- Engineering Culture: Modern stack (implied by their need for Software Engineers, Quant, and Risk roles). They use a "Proof of Liabilities" tool and MPC keyless technology for security, indicating high engineering standards.
- Interview Process: Ranges from 2-4 weeks; starts with a Talent team screen.